Angela Duckworth is co-founder, chief scientist, and a board member of Character Lab, a nonprofit whose mission is to advance scientific insights that help children thrive. She is also the Rosa Lee and Egbert Chang Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, faculty co-director of the Penn-Wharton Behavior Change For Good Initiative, and faculty co-director of Wharton People Analytics. 

A 2013 MacArthur Fellow, Angela has advised the White House, the World Bank, NBA and NFL teams, and Fortune 500 CEOs. 

Prior to her career in research, Angela founded a summer school for low-income children that was profiled as a Harvard Kennedy School case study and, in 2018, celebrated its 25th anniversary. She has also been a McKinsey management consultant and a math and science teacher in the public schools of New York City, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. 

Angela completed her undergraduate degree in Advanced Studies Neurobiology at Harvard, graduating magna cum laude. With the support of a Marshall Scholarship, she completed an MSc with Distinction in Neuroscience from Oxford University. She completed her PhD in Psychology as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Angela's TED talk is among the most-viewed of all time. Her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is a #1 New York Times best seller. She is also co-host, with Stephen Dubner, of the podcast No Stupid Questions.

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Mike Anderson Consulting, LLC

I am excited to partner with schools and districts to design and implement customized consulting services to help facilitate great learning.

Education Consultant

Northeast Foundation for Children

I helped lead program development for NEFC. I wrote new workshops, revised existing ones, and guided other developers in their work. I recently led the development of the Responsive Classroom Course, the core week-long workshop . I also continued to work as a presenter and consultant in schools throughout the United States and Canada.

Program Developer

My main role was to support the development and implementation of the Responsive Classroom approach to teaching through a variety of roles including consulting, writing books and articles, developing curricula and assisting with professional development for consulting teachers.

Professional Development Specialist

Dondero Elementary School

I taught third, fourth, and fifth grades, implementing a variety of developmentally appropriate curricula including balanced literacy, inquiry-based science, hands-on research projects, and differentiated math instruction.  I also assumed a variety of leadership roles including offering school-wide Responsive Classroom training, working as a mentor teacher, and serving on the School Improvement Planning Team, the district Aspirations Team, the school hiring committee, and many others.

Classroom Teacher

New Hampshire Literacy Institute

As an instructor in the Master of Science for Teachers program through the NH Literacy Institute, I taught a graduate level writers workshop for teachers two summers and a research workshop the third summer.

Instructor

Flanders Elementary School

I taught fourth and fifth grades, working with many hands-on, child centered learning strategies in heterogeneously grouped classes.  I also participated in many school-based and district-wide committees.

Children's School

As an undergraduate at Connecticut College, I assisted with Children's School program for children ages three to five.

Teacher Assistant

I am passionate about improving the educational experience of children everywhere and believe that a great education is the birthright of all. Great teaching consists of skills that can be learned, and all teachers (myself included!) can grow in their capacity to facilitate great learning. I am committed to helping teachers and children learn and grow.

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